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Slavery was so profitable, it sprouted more millionaires per capita in the Mississippi River valley than anywhere in the nation. With cash crops of tobacco, cotton and sugar cane, America's southern states became the economic engine of the burgeoning nation.
Alvera Stehr
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What made growing cash crops profitable for the South?
The practice of slavery made the growing of cash crops profitable in the South. It was decades after slavery that mechanization made it extremely profitable again.
What invention made slavery profitable in the South?
cotton gin
Was slavery expensive or profitable for the southern economy?
It was very profitable. It allowed the southern colonies to hold profitable tobacco planting. Off this staple crop, they made a lot of money.
What crop that first made slavery profitable?
Slavery made all crops MORE profitable. If you're talking about America, slaves were brought to the Caribbean to cut sugar cane in droves. This is probably the biggest crop using most slaves initially. Cotton became a big slave labor driven industry in the 19th century for several reasons. However, slaves were initially and primarily owned and used as domestic helpers in the Americas. Only once certain industrial processes were invented and began to be applied to agricultural products such as cotton, which allowed its large scale PROCESSING, did the demand for the RAW cotton skyrocket and thus the demand for slaves to pick it increase as well. If I may say so, the question is backwards. Certain crops did not make slavery profitable, there had always been a market for slaves. It was Slavery which made certain crops profitable.
Who made the western cattle industry profitable?
Ranchers made the western cattle industry profitable. They did this by selling and raising cattle for food and agricultural purposes.
What made growing cash crops profitable for the South?
The practice of slavery made the growing of cash crops profitable in the South. It was decades after slavery that mechanization made it extremely profitable again.
Why didnt south want slavery to end?
It made the cotton trade so profitable.
What invention made slavery most profitable?
the cotton gin
What invention made slavery profitable in the South?
cotton gin
Was slavery expensive or profitable for the southern economy?
It was very profitable. It allowed the southern colonies to hold profitable tobacco planting. Off this staple crop, they made a lot of money.
What made slavery profitable in the South?
because the slave owners would make alot of money from farming
Why did the slavery trade operate?
The slavery trade operated and prospered because it was profitable.
Name four things that made cotton culture profitable after 1800?
cotton gin, slavery, steamboats, and the land for the property..
Why did Eli whitneys cotton gin lead to the spread of slavery into more of the south?
The cotton gin made cotton production more profitable, as long as the slave labor remained. More planters pursued larger profits under the plantation system. It made the cotton trade so profitable that Southern leaders were strongly motivated to preserve slavery and extend it, if possible. Growing cotton became more profitable, growers expanded crop acreage, and more slaves were needed to grow the cotton.
What inventor caused slavery to be fastened upon the south?
Eli Whitney was likely the inventor who solidified the practice of slavery in the South. His invention of the cotton gin made cotton monstrously profitable.
What was the importance of the cotton grin?
The cotton gin made slavery more profitable. The cotton gin made the process of separating the seeds from cotton fifty times faster.
Why did president Polk think no one would take slaves to southwest?
Because the climate would not support plantations, which made slavery profitable.
